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Princeton Review's Top 382 Colleges

Sonoma State University has once again been named in the Princeton Review's annual Best 382 Colleges list, as well as in the Best Western regional list.

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Heart of SSU 5K

The Sonoma State University Alumni Association is holding the Heart of SSU 5K Saturday, Sept. 9. Registration closes on Aug. 30. Proceeds from the family friendly 5K benefit the Heart of SSU Alumni Scholarship Endowment.

Herring Skeleton by Julia Edith Rigby
OLLI Leader as Curator

Carin Jacobs is more than the director of Sonoma State University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, she's also an curator with a background in museum studies. In "Tidal Response," a new show she has curated at the Petaluma Arts Center running Aug. 19-Oct.

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5,300 Gallons Saved

Thanks to a dedicated student's multi-year effort, Sonoma State University will install a 5,300-gallon greywater system this fall to irrigate a student garden that currently supplies over 1,000 pounds of fresh produce each year to a local food bank.

Still from Arturo Ripstein's film "Tiempo De Morir" (1966). Two men in vaquero attire
Long-Lost Films

The new documentary film “Dawson City Frozen in Time” opens the Sonoma Film Institute's fall 2017 season at Sonoma State University.

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New Women's Basketball Coach

Rich Shayewitz has been named the Head Coach of the Sonoma State University Women's Basketball team after spending the previous 11 seasons as the Associate Head Coach for the SSU Men's Basketball team. Shayewitz becomes the sixth head coach in the program's 37-year history.

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Better Together

Sonoma State University saw nearly 300 teachers register to attend workshops, tour campus and get hands-on experience in the University's new Makerspace as thousands of teachers gathered across California for the third annual Better Together California Teachers Summit July 28 to hear words of ins

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$2.2 Million for EOP

Hundreds of future Sonoma State University students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, most of whom would be the first in their families to attend college, will receive scholarships and other vital support for years to come thanks to more than $2.2 million in recent gifts to the univers

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2017-18 Staff Excellence Award

Martha Ezell, Faculty Center

Martha Ezell has served the SSU teaching and learning community for over 12 years, helping faculty create instructional activities that challenge students not only to acquire the knowledge required of a particular course but also develop general critical thi

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Team Impact Award Winners

The GPS Scholarship Development Team for Intersession & Summer Session in the School of Extended and International Education is the winner of the Team Impact award at Sonoma State University.